Winston Conrad "Wink" Martindale (born December 4, 1933) is an American disc jockey, radio personality, game show host, and television producer. In his six-decade career, he is best known for hosting ''
Gambit
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'' from 1972 to 1976 (and again from 1980 to 1981), ''
Tic-Tac-Dough
''Tic-Tac-Dough'' is an American television game show based on the paper-and-pencil game of tic-tac-toe. Contestants answer questions in various categories to put up their respective symbol, ''X'' or ''O'', on the board. Three versions were produc ...
'' from 1978 to 1985, ''
High Rollers
''High Rollers'' is an American television game show that involved contestants trying to win prizes by rolling dice. The format was based on the dice game shut the box.
''High Rollers'' debuted on July 1, 1974, as part of NBC's daytime lineup. ...
'' from 1987 to 1988, and ''
Debt
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'' from 1996 to 1998.
Career
Radio
Martindale was born in
Jackson, Tennessee
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,
and started his career as a disc jockey at age 17 at WPLI in Jackson, earning $25 a week.
After moving to
WTJS, he was hired away for double the salary by Jackson's only other station,
WDXI
WDXI (1310 AM, "WDXI Kool 103") is a radio station in Jackson, Tennessee, United States. It broadcasts a talk/oldies format, sharing a name with co-owned WMXX-FM. The station is currently owned by Gerald Wayne Hunt, Sr.
Established in 1948, ...
. He next hosted mornings at
WHBQ in
Memphis
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while a college student at
Memphis State University
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, graduating with a Bachelor of Science degree in 1957. While there, Martindale became a member of the
Kappa Sigma Fraternity
Kappa Sigma (), commonly known as Kappa Sig, is an American collegiate social fraternity founded at the University of Virginia in 1869. Kappa Sigma is one of the five largest international fraternities with currently 318 active chapters and colo ...
.
On the evening of July 10, 1954, he was showing the WHBQ studio to some friends when he realized that his colleague on the 9 p.m. to midnight shift,
Dewey Phillips
Dewey Phillips (May 13, 1926 – September 28, 1968) was one of rock and roll's pioneering American disc jockeys, along the lines of Cleveland's Alan Freed, before Freed came along.
Early life
Phillips was born in Crump, Tennessee, but spent ...
, was getting a lot of reactions from listeners after airing a new song. That song was
Elvis Presley
Elvis Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977), or simply Elvis, was an American singer and actor. Dubbed the "Honorific nicknames in popular music, King of Rock and Roll", he is regarded as Cultural impact of Elvis Presley, one ...
's first record, "
That's All Right
"That's All Right" is a song written and originally performed by blues singer Arthur Crudup and recorded in 1946. The song was rereleased in early March 1949 under the title "That's All Right, Mama", which was issued as RCA's first rhythm and bl ...
", recorded at
Sam Phillips
Samuel Cornelius Phillips (January 5, 1923 – July 30, 2003) was an American record producer. He was the founder of Sun Records and Sun Studio in Memphis, Tennessee, where he produced recordings by Elvis Presley, Roy Orbison, Jerry Lee Lewis, ...
' recording studio on the evening of July 5, 1954. Sam, who had brought the record on July 6, was in the WHBQ studio on the first airing night and had Elvis' telephone number. DJ Dewey Phillips wanted to interview Elvis during his program, so Wink endeavored to contact Elvis, but his mother Gladys answered the phone and said Elvis was so nervous that he had gone to a movie theater. Gladys and her husband Vernon brought Elvis to WHBQ and Dewey interviewed Elvis without his knowing that he was on the air (Martindale reports that Elvis later admitted that he would have been unable to talk otherwise).
Martindale's rendition of the spoken-word song "
Deck of Cards
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" went to No. 7 on the
''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart
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and sold over a million copies in 1959.
It also peaked at no. 5 in the
UK Singles Chart
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in April 1963, one of four visits to that
chart
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.
It was followed by "Black Land Farmer". In 1959, he became morning man at
KHJ in
Los Angeles
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,
California
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, moving a year later to the morning show at
KRLA
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and finally to
KFWB
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in 1962. He also had lengthy stays at
KGIL from 1968 to 1971,
KKGO
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/KJQI and
Gene Autry
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's KMPC (now
KSPN-AM) from 1971 to 1979 and again from 1983 to 1987, the short-lived "Wink and Bill Show" on KABC during 1989, and
KJQI from 1993 to 1994. In 1967, Martindale acted in a short futuristic documentary film about home life in the year 1999 produced by the Philco-Ford Corporation which predicted, among other things, Internet commerce.
Television
Martindale's first break into television was at
WHBQ-TV
WHBQ-TV (channel 13) is a television station in Memphis, Tennessee, United States, affiliated with the Fox network and owned by Imagicomm Communications. The station's studios are located on South Highland Street (near the campus of the Univers ...
in Memphis, as the host of ''Mars Patrol'', a science-fiction themed
children's television
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program. At his tenure with WHBQ, Martindale became the host of the TV show ''Teenage Dance Party'', where his friend
Elvis Presley
Elvis Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977), or simply Elvis, was an American singer and actor. Dubbed the "Honorific nicknames in popular music, King of Rock and Roll", he is regarded as Cultural impact of Elvis Presley, one ...
made an appearance on 16 June 1956. (Following Presley's death in 1977, Martindale aired a nationwide tribute radio special in his honor).
Martindale's first game-show hosting job was on the show ''
What's This Song?'', which he hosted for NBC (credited as "Win Martindale") from 1964 to 1965. From 1970 to 1971, he hosted a similar song-recognition game show, ''Words and Music'', again on NBC. His first major success came in 1972, when he took the emcee position on a new CBS game show, ''
Gambit
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The word '' gambit'' is also sometimes used to describe sim ...
''. He spent four years hosting the original ''Gambit'' and later hosted a Las Vegas-based revival for 13 months in 1980–81.
The emcee role for which Martindale is most widely known is on ''
Tic-Tac-Dough
''Tic-Tac-Dough'' is an American television game show based on the paper-and-pencil game of tic-tac-toe. Contestants answer questions in various categories to put up their respective symbol, ''X'' or ''O'', on the board. Three versions were produc ...
''. He was tapped by
Barry & Enright Productions to host the revived series in 1978 and stayed until 1985, presiding over one of the more popular game shows of the day. During this time, Martindale decided to branch out and form his own production company, Wink Martindale Enterprises, so he could develop and produce his own game shows. His first venture was ''
Headline Chasers
''Headline Chasers'' is a syndicated game show that ran daily from September 9, 1985 to May 23, 1986, with reruns airing until September 5. The series was hosted by Wink Martindale, who also created the series and was its executive producer, with ...
'', a co-production with
Merv Griffin
Mervyn Edward Griffin Jr. (July 6, 1925 – August 12, 2007) was an American television show host and media mogul. He began his career as a radio and big band singer, later appearing in film and on Broadway. From 1965 to 1986 he hosted his own ta ...
that premiered in 1985; Martindale had left ''Tic-Tac-Dough'' to host his creation, but the show did not meet with any success and was cancelled after its only season in 1986. Martindale's next venture was more successful, as he created, and along with Barry & Enright, co-produced the Canadian game show ''
Bumper Stumpers'' for
Global Television and
USA Network
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. This series aired on both American and Canadian television from 1987 until 1990. In 1986, he launched a partnership with producer Jerry Gilden, Martindale/Gilden Productions, and it started off with a game show development contract with
CBS
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. In 1988, Martindale/Gilden Productions secured the licensing rights from
Parker Brothers
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to develop game shows based on Parker-owned properties such as ''
Boggle
''Boggle'' is a word game invented by Allan Turoff and originally distributed by Parker Brothers. The game is played using a plastic grid of lettered dice, in which players look for words in sequences of adjacent letters.
Rules
One player begi ...
''.
After hosting two short-lived
Merrill Heatter
Merrill Gabriel Heatter (December 16, 1925 – October 8, 2017) was an American television producer and writer. He was best known for his collaboration with writer Bob Quigley for over 20 years and the formation of their production company Heat ...
-produced game shows (a revival of ''
High Rollers
''High Rollers'' is an American television game show that involved contestants trying to win prizes by rolling dice. The format was based on the dice game shut the box.
''High Rollers'' debuted on July 1, 1974, as part of NBC's daytime lineup. ...
'' and the Canadian ''
The Last Word''), Martindale went back into producing and launched ''The Great Getaway Game'' on
Travel Channel
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in 1990. Two years after that program went off the air, Martindale teamed up with Bill Hillier and
The Family Channel to produce a series of "interactive" game shows that put an emphasis on home viewers being able to play along from home and win prizes. Four series were commissioned and Martindale served as host for all four. The first to premiere, on June 7, 1993, was ''
Trivial Pursuit
''Trivial Pursuit'' is a board game
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'', an adaptation of the popular trivia-based board game.
On March 7, 1994, the list-based ''
Shuffle
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Techniques
Over ...
'' and ''
Boggle
''Boggle'' is a word game invented by Allan Turoff and originally distributed by Parker Brothers. The game is played using a plastic grid of lettered dice, in which players look for words in sequences of adjacent letters.
Rules
One player begi ...
'', another board-game adaptation, premiered and were very different from ''Trivial Pursuit'', which was presented more in a traditional game-show style. These two programs, along with the ''
Jumble''-based show that replaced ''Shuffle'' on June 13, 1994, after its initial 14-week run ended, were played more like the interactive games for the home viewers that were the focus of the block. Except for ''Trivial Pursuit'', none of the interactive games were much of a success; ''Boggle'' ended on November 18, 1994, while ''Jumble'' came to an end on December 30, 1994. ''Trivial Pursuit'' ended on the same day as ''Jumble'', but continued to air in reruns for some time afterward, finally being removed from the Family Channel schedule in July 1995.
In June 1996, Martindale became host of
Lifetime's highest-rated quiz show, ''
Debt
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'', which had debt-ridden contestants compete to try to eliminate their debts. Despite its popularity on cable, ''Debt'' was cancelled in 1998, for the reason more males were watching the show than females (the network's target audience). Martindale did not host another game show for over a decade.
Later career
On June 2, 2006, Martindale received a star on the
Hollywood Walk of Fame
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. In 2007, he became a member of the nominating committee of the Hit Parade Hall of Fame. On October 13, 2007, Martindale was one of the first inductees into the
American TV Game Show Hall of Fame in Las Vegas.
Martindale was one of the hosts featured in the 2002 NBC special ''Most Outrageous Game Show Moments'', alongside
Bob Eubanks
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,
Jim Lange
James John Lange (; August 15, 1932 – February 25, 2014) was an American game show host and disc jockey. He was known to listeners in the San Francisco and Los Angeles radio markets with stints at several stations in both markets, racking u ...
,
Ben Stein, and
Peter Marshall Peter Marshall may refer to:
Entertainment
* Peter Marshall (entertainer) (born 1926), American game show host of ''The Hollywood Squares'', 1966–1981
* Peter Marshall (author, born 1939) (1939–1972), British novelist whose works include ''Th ...
, but was not featured in any of the subsequent episodes ordered by the network.
Martindale has appeared in various TV commercials, including a stint as a pitchman for the travel website
Orbitz
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Background
Origina ...
. Until 2007, Martindale had a daily three-hour show on the syndicated ''
Music of Your Life
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'' format, which is heard on around 200 radio stations. On June 2, 2009, Martindale signed with the syndicated Hit Parade Radio format. The format began operation on February 7, 2010, with Martindale as afternoon drive personality. The syndicator stopped operating on June 6, 2010.
In 2008, Wink appeared on ''
GSN Live
''GSN Live'' is an American live interactive show on Game Show Network that premiered on February 25, 2008, at noon ET and officially ended its 3-year run on July 29, 2011. The last "live" edition aired May 13, 2011. It lasted three hours in be ...
'', an interstitial program during the afternoon block of classic game show reruns. Several times during 2008, Martindale filled in for
Fred Roggin
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on ''GSN Live'' while Roggin was on vacation. Martindale's last program was the
GSN original series ''
Instant Recall'', which premiered on March 4, 2010.
[
] ''Instant Recall'' was the first show Martindale has hosted since ''
Debt
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'' aired on
Lifetime from 1996 to 1998.
In 2012, Martindale returned to radio, as host of ''The 100 Greatest Christmas Hits of All Time''. The nationally syndicated show is produced by Envision Radio Networks.
In 2013, Martindale made a guest appearance on ''
The Eric Andre Show
''The Eric Andre Show'' is an American surreal sketch comedy television series which began airing on May 20, 2012. The show premiered on Adult Swim and is a parody of late night talk shows. The series is hosted by comedian Eric André and forme ...
''; in an appearance typical for the show, he did the interview dressed in a motion-capture suit (at one point being, rather poorly, mocapped dancing), sang a song teaching kids their "Jamaican ABCs", and promoted a drinkable mouthwash, called Scoap (pronounced "sco-app".)
In 2014, Martindale started his own
YouTube
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channel featuring episodes of game shows, game show pilots, rare clips from various game shows, and more.
Martindale made a special guest appearance on the December 2, 2014, episode of the
GSN show ''
The Chase'' hosted by
Brooke Burns
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and featuring
Mark Labbett
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.
In October 2016, Martindale appeared on the daytime soap opera ''
The Bold and the Beautiful
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'', as a minister.
On April 21, 2017, Martindale appeared in a
KFC
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advertising campaign featuring
Rob Lowe
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as
astronaut
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Colonel Sanders
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December 16, 1980) was an American businessman, best known for founding fast food chicken restaurant chain KFC, Kentucky Fried Chicken (also known as KFC) and later acting as the company's brand ...
giving a
JFK speech spoof
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* Semen, in Australian slang
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homage about launching the Zinger chicken sandwich into space.
On April 4, 2018, Martindale served as "surprise co-host" (via phone) for Sirius XM NHL Network Radio's "Three Questions" segment where a celebrity co-host creates the questions and then quizzes the show's broadcast crew.
On January 28, 2021, Martindale claimed on his
Facebook
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that he had one of the pilots for the
ABC
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ABC or abc may also refer to:
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** Disney–ABC Television ...
version of
Deal or No Deal
''Deal or No Deal'' is the name of several closely related television game shows, the first of which (launching the format) was the Dutch ''Miljoenenjacht (Netherlands), Miljoenenjacht'' (''Hunt/Chase for Millions''). The centerpiece of this f ...
and would upload it when his YouTube channel his 18,000 subscribers. When he hit his goal on July 19, the pilot got uploaded to his channel.
On June 6, 2021, Martindale began hosting the nationally and internationally syndicated ''The History of Rock 'n' Roll'', a two-hour weekend look back at music from the 60s, 70s and 80s. The production is created by a team composed of Martindale, producer/engineer Peter Jay Gould of The Intervale Group, and writer/producer
Gary Theroux Gary Theroux is an American radio personality, author, actor, educator, producer, scriptwriter, and musicologist. He wrote and co-produced the Billboard award-winning 52-hour 1978 edition of The History of Rock and Roll rockumentary. Theroux also sp ...
, who wrote and produced the
1978 52-hour marathon version of ''The History of Rock 'n' Roll'' for
Drake-Chenault
Drake-Chenault Enterprises (originally American Independent Radio Inc.) was a radio syndication company that specialized in automation on FM radio stations. The company was founded in the late-1960s by radio programmer and deejay Bill Drake (1937 ...
. The new richly-produced series combines songs, fun facts about the music and the artists, and artist interview soundbites.
Personal life
Martindale married Madelyn Leech in 1954 and they had four children. They divorced in 1972. He married his second wife, Sandy (née Ferra), on August 2, 1975.
He has a few dogs named after the various game shows he hosted.
Martindale is a
born-again Christian and was once a guest on the
TBN flagship program ''
Praise the Lord''. He has also previously endorsed several
conservative
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positions politically. Wink's wife, Sandy, previously dated
Elvis Presley
Elvis Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977), or simply Elvis, was an American singer and actor. Dubbed the "Honorific nicknames in popular music, King of Rock and Roll", he is regarded as Cultural impact of Elvis Presley, one ...
, and both were friends of his. They have appeared on Sirius' Elvis Radio and shared stories about Presley.
In popular culture
New York Giants
The New York Giants are a professional American football team based in the New York metropolitan area. The Giants compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's National Football Conference (NFC) East division. ...
defensive coordinator
Don Martindale
Don "Wink" Martindale (born May 19, 1963) is an American football coach who is the defensive coordinator for the New York Giants of the National Football League (NFL). From 2018 to 2021, he held the same position for the Baltimore Ravens afte ...
goes by the nickname "Wink”, which he got because he shares a last name with the game show host.
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